''Yes, Mr Brown'' is a 1933 British musical

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Herbert Wilcox Herbert Sydney Wilcox CBE (19 April 1890 – 15 May 1977) was a British film producer and director. He was one of the most successful British filmmakers from the 1920s to the 1950s. He is best known for the films he made with his third wif ...

and starring

Jack Buchanan Walter John Buchanan (2 April 1891 – 20 October 1957) was a Scottish theatre and film actor, singer, dancer, producer and director. He was known for three decades as the embodiment of the debonair man-about-town in the tradition of George G ...

Hartley Power Hartley Power (14 March 1894 – 29 January 1966) was an American-born British film and television actor, who made his Broadway debut in ''Dolly Jordan'' in 1922. He is best remembered for two roles: "Sylvester Kee" the ventriloquist who is shot ...

Elsie Randolph Elsie Randolph (9 December 1904 – 15 October 1982) was an English actress, singer and dancer. Randolph was born and died in London. She is best remembered for her partnership with Jack Buchanan in several stage and film musicals. She also app ...

and

Margot Grahame Margot Grahame (born Margaret Clark; 20 February 1911 – 1 January 1982) was an English actress most noted for starring in '' The Informer'' (1935) and ''The Three Musketeers'' (1935). She started acting in 1930 and made her last screen app ...

. According to the ''Idaho Falls Post Register'', the film was "gay catchy...entertainment with plenty of light comedy", in which "the manager of the Viennese branch of a large American toy firm layed by Buchanansets out to entertain his visiting boss layed by Powerin an effort to win a partnership." ''Yes, Mr. Brown'' is currently missing from the

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, and is listed as one of the

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's " 75 Most Wanted" lost films.

Cast

as Nicholas Baumann *

as Mr Brown *

as Anne Weber *

as Clary Baumann *

Vera Pearce Annie Vera Pearce (27 May 1895 – 18 January 1966) was an Australian stage and film actress. Her lengthy career was carried out in both her home country and in England. Biography Born in Broken Hill (New South Wales), Pearce spent much of h ...

as Franzi *

Clifford Heatherley Clifford Heatherley Lamb (8 October 1888 in Preston, Lancashire – 15 September 1937 in London) was an English stage and film actor. Filmography * ''Henry VIII'' (1911) * ''Bleak House'' (1920) * '' The Tavern Knight'' (1920) * '' The Mys ...

as Carlos * David Bane as Head waiter *

Muriel George Muriel George (29 August 1883 – 22 October 1965) was an English singer and film actress. She appeared in 55 films between 1932 and 1955. She also appeared on the variety stage and sang on radio with her second husband Ernest Butcher for thir ...

as Cook

Other film versions

* ''

A Bit of Love ''A Bit of Love'' (german: Ein bißchen Liebe für Dich) is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Lee Parry, Magda Schneider, and Hermann Thimig.Bock & Bergfelder, p. 550 It was made at the Johannisthal Studios in Ber ...

'' (March 1932, Germany, directed by

Max Neufeld Max Neufeld (13 February 1887 – 2 December 1967) was an Austrian film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 70 films between 1919 and 1957. He directed the 1934 film '' The Song of the Sun'', which starred Vittorio De Sica. Sele ...

) * ''

Monsieur, Madame and Bibi ''Monsieur, Madame and Bibi'' (French: ''Monsieur, Madame et Bibi'') is a 1932 French-German comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and Max Neufeld and starring René Lefèvre, Marie Glory and Florelle.Crisp p. 395 It was the French-language ver ...

'' (March 1932, France, directed by

and Jean Boyer) * '' Two Happy Hearts'' (September 1932, Italy, directed by

Baldassarre Negroni Baldassarre Negroni (21 January 1877 – 18 July 1948) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 89 films between 1912 and 1936. He directed the 1932 film '' Due cuori felici'', which starred Vittorio De Sica. Selected film ...

)

References

External links

BFI 75 Most Wanted entry
with extensive notes * 1933 films 1933 musical comedy films British musical comedy films 1930s English-language films British films based on plays Films directed by Herbert Wilcox Films set in Vienna Lost British films British remakes of German films British black-and-white films British and Dominions Studios films Films shot at Imperial Studios, Elstree 1933 lost films 1930s British films {{musical-comedy-film-stub